Going to put my progress here rather then clogging up the server thread. After killing 2 of these stupidly I did my normal ironman priest start trick. As much armour+biggest weapon I can afford. 2x?Phase, 1xclw (you find more of both at 50' & 100').

So far:
lvl 8, depth 250', a lantern, a couple of wander wands, some sort of ego broad-sword (yes I'm a naughty priest) & starting to collect a decent stash of early consumables.